Gerard Butler
Scottish actor and film producer celebrated for action-driven roles across blockbuster franchises and critically noted dramatic performances spanning three decades.
Gerard Butler - Personal Information
- Name: Gerard Butler
- Date of Birth: November 13, 1969
- Place of Birth: Paisley, Scotland, UK
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Producer, Executive Producer
Biography
Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor and film producer. After studying law, he turned to acting in the mid-1990s with minor roles in productions such as Mrs Brown (1997), the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and Tale of the Mummy (1998). In 2000, he starred as Count Dracula in the gothic horror film Dracula 2000. He played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila (2001), then appeared in the films Reign of Fire (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003) before starring in the science fiction film Timeline (2003). He played Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 musical The Phantom of the Opera.
Butler gained wider recognition for portraying King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film 300 (2007). In 2010, he began lending his voice to the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. Also in the 2010s, he portrayed a Secret Service agent in the action thriller Has Fallen film series, played military leader Tullus Aufidius in the 2011 film Coriolanus, and Sam Childers in the 2011 action biopic Machine Gun Preacher. Butler had further action film roles in Geostorm (2017), Den of Thieves (2018), Greenland (2020), and Plane (2023).
Selected Filmography
A selection of Gerard Butler's most recent film and television appearances across his career.
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027) as Stoick
- Greenland 2: Migration (2026) as John Garrity
- In the Hand of Dante (2025) as Louie / Pope Bonifacio VIII
- How to Train Your Dragon (2025) as Stoick
- Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon (2025) as Self
- Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025) as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
- The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland (2024) as St. Nick (voice)
- ARK: The Animated Series (TV - 2024) as Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice)
- Kandahar (2023) as Tom Harris
- Plane (2023) as Brodie Torrance
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